Boating Accident - Treasure Island

codeman671 · 10-21-2009, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Lakepilot

Please don't quote me out of context. I posted that link (not the picture) in response to someone wondering about using a GPS for navigation. It was an example of someone on Flathead lake in Montana (not on Winni) that said they ran aground because their GPS didn't work.

I am on your side through this, but have to comment that someone does not run aground because their GPS didn't work. The GPS is not what is driving the boat. It is the drivers responsibility to maintain a safe course, proper lookout, etc. I didn't do the research on this to know exactly what happened, but at the end of the day if the visibility is too bad to proceed safely you should not go anywhere, especially fast enough to launch a boat like that.

DEJ · 10-21-2009, 12:02 PM

Acres, I also cannot find the website for West Alton Marina, could you please provide that link? Thank you.

gtagrip · 10-21-2009, 12:25 PM

I used to slip my boat at West Alton Marina and they do not rent boats and they also do not have a web site.
This sounds like familar propaganda from other threads!

SIKSUKR · 10-22-2009, 09:34 AM

The only thing I found on Google was Wolfeboro Bob's post 31 above. If it sounds good and will support your agenda, make it up. There has been a substantial amount of that going on on the SL pro's side for years. The silence is deafening.

Airwaves · 10-22-2009, 01:16 PM

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Originally posted by APS
Normally, I'd check History to find it, but I'm at a different computer, and it's possible that Google lead me astray with this page. There, Google only hints at a WAM website, but this link indicates that WAM will rent boats.

But it's not my copyrighted page—so please don't shoot the messenger.

So you took the highlighted words of your own Google search (West Alton Rental) to indicate that WAM rents boats and had a website? And the link you provide "proving your point" is just another forum site and not a link to WAM?

Then blame it on the search engine!

Way to do your research!!! Just keep throwing it out there to see what sticks :O

And I got a real kick out of your RECENT POST of OCTOBER 17 given YOUR attraction to finding and posting photos of pretty High Performance boats doing what you claim to be dangerous things...including one sitting at idle in front of palm trees! LOL LOL

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the SL discussions are getting less valuable. (Featuring oversized pictures of oversized boats in other states and their newest paint jobs).

NoBozo · 10-22-2009, 03:53 PM

If I'm not mistaken, a GPS either gives you a correct and accurate position within a few yards... OR NO Position at all. If the GPS is a handheld and is used with a solid roof overhead (metal blocks the signal) it will likely lose the signal and you will have NO Position until it re-aquires the signal...which may take several minutes.

I have used a GPS inside the house and it will not acquire a signal through the wood walls, probably because of Foil Backed insulation in the walls...BUT it will see the satellites through a south facing window. Sometimes a GPS will lose the signal out in the woods with a tree canopy overhead. Leaves contain water which can block the signal if there is enough of them...then you will have NO Position. NB

10-21-2009, 12:02 PM	#2
DEJ Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 560 Thanks: 526 Thanked 326 Times in 159 Posts	West Alton website Acres, I also cannot find the website for West Alton Marina, could you please provide that link? Thank you.

10-22-2009, 09:34 AM	#4
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	The only thing I found on Google was Wolfeboro Bob's post 31 above. If it sounds good and will support your agenda, make it up. There has been a substantial amount of that going on on the SL pro's side for years. The silence is deafening. __________________ SIKSUKR

10-22-2009, 03:53 PM	#6
NoBozo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Portsmouth. RI Posts: 2,231 Thanks: 400 Thanked 460 Times in 308 Posts	GPS Reliability If I'm not mistaken, a GPS either gives you a correct and accurate position within a few yards... OR NO Position at all. If the GPS is a handheld and is used with a solid roof overhead (metal blocks the signal) it will likely lose the signal and you will have NO Position until it re-aquires the signal...which may take several minutes. I have used a GPS inside the house and it will not acquire a signal through the wood walls, probably because of Foil Backed insulation in the walls...BUT it will see the satellites through a south facing window. Sometimes a GPS will lose the signal out in the woods with a tree canopy overhead. Leaves contain water which can block the signal if there is enough of them...then you will have NO Position. NB

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gtagrip Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 301 Thanks: 115 Thanked 75 Times in 52 Posts	I used to slip my boat at West Alton Marina and they do not rent boats and they also do not have a web site. This sounds like familar propaganda from other threads!

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